List of publications on EU-Japan (JEFTA)

Official

Analysis and publications

Trade at any cost (PowerShift and Foodwatch, 10 pages on EU Japan, February 2018). Covers Tariffs / quotas, Investment, Agriculture and food, the precautionary principle, regulatory cooperation and the various committees created by the agreement.

Other Japan and trade related links

Ratification of ILO conventions for Japan Fundamental Conventions: 6 of 8 // Governance Conventions (Priority): 3 of 4
// Technical Conventions: 40 of 177 // Out of 49 Conventions ratified by Japan, of which 34 are in force, 14 Conventions have been denounced; 1 instrument abrogated; none have been ratified in the past 12 months.

In French

Forbidden GMOs discovered in animal feed (in Europe) – Le Monde, February 2018 // Summary : The French subsidiaries of a Japanese group from the agribusiness group Ajinomoto produced and sold illegal GMOs for animal feed (salmon, pork and ruminants). To defend itself, Ajinomoto said that it was not forbidden to export illegal products to third countries. There is apparently an internal debate inside the Commission between the services working on GMOs and on animal feed.